The school nurse has prepared a learning activity for a high school health promotion course. To assess the class understanding, the nurse instructs the students to select the correct statements that apply to the brain's role in regulating appetite. Which statements should the students choose as correct?

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Rationale 1: The degree of satiety is directly recognized by a region of the hypothalamus known as the satiety centre.
Rationale 2: Hunger occurs when the hypothalamus recognizes the level of glucose or hormone in the blood.
Rationale 3: Receptors for leptin are located in the hypothalamus.
Rationale 4: Located in the hypothalamus, neuropeptide Y (NYP) is associated with increase in appetite.
Rationale 5: Leptin receptors of clients who are obese are thought to develop a resistance to the satiety effects.

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